Senator Scott Fitzgerald, a careless charlatan who seems to think laws don’t apply to him in his quest to appease Scott Walker’s Koch Brothers Agenda, is certainly becoming more and more paranoid and dishonest in his quest to stop his own recall. We can thank Lori Compass, part of the grassroots efforts Recall Fitz, who made a statement regarding Fitzgerald’s challenges, where many accusations were unfounded and/or as distorted as what comes from Fitzgerald’s cakehole:
Attorneys filed our rebuttal to Fitzgerald’s challenges this afternoon. A quick statement:
From forcing his fellow legislators to sign secrecy pledges in backroom redistricting deals to exorbitant “travel reimbursements” for his one-hour commute, Scott Fitzgerald has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to impose his extreme agenda on our Wisconsin. His latest attempt to keep himself from being held accountable by his constituents is as shameful as it is desperate. He continues to throw any argument at the wall to see what will stick.
I’m proud that 20,000 of Fitzgerald’s constituents exercised our constitutional right to recall Scott Fitzgerald. I have full faith in the fairness of this process and in the honesty and integrity of our volunteers, and I look forward to seeing the election certified soon.
A portion of the rebuttal to Fitzgerald’s pompous preposterousness shows just how desperate one gets when facing certain futile fury:
a. Senator Fitzgerald challenges 109 signatures on the basis that the signers did not date their signatures. Review of the petitions shows 30 of those signatures challenged did in fact date their signature. These signatures are identified in the attached Exhibit C. Additionally, one of the challenged signatures is corrected by the Affidavit of Carol Kroll, attached as Exhibit D.
b. Senator Fitzgerald challenges 54 signatures on the basis that the signers dated their signatures outside of the circulation period. Review of the petitions shows 30 of those signatures challenged did in fact date their signature within the circulation period of November 15, 2011 through January 14, 2012. These signatures are identified in the attached Exhibit C.
c. Senator Fitzgerald challenges 64 signatures on the basis that the signatures were dated subsequent to the respective circulator’s certification. Review of the petitions shows 29 of those signatures challenged did in fact date their signature prior to the circulator certification date. These signatures are identified in the attached Exhibit C.
d. Senator Fitzgerald challenges 569 signatures on the basis that the residency of the signer cannot be determined by the address and/or municipality given, or due to lack of providing an address and/or municipality. Review of the petitions shows 536 of those signatures challenged did in fact provide sufficient address and municipality information to determine their residency. These signatures are identified in the attached Exhibit C.
e. Senator Fitzgerald challenges 205 signatures on the basis that they signed the recall petition two or more times. Review of the petitions shows that 46 of those signatures contain unique information that does not appear a second time in the recall petition. These signatures are identified in the attached Exhibit C. Among the remaining signatures challenged as duplicates, Senator Fitzgerald inaccurately argues that both original and duplicate signature should be struck. Should it be proven that these signers did signed two or more times, only signatures subsequent to the first instance of signing should be struck.
f. Senator Fitzgerald challenges 1739 signatures on the basis that the respective circulator certification was not completed properly. Included in this number are 1280 challenges to “circulator edits possibly after certification,”; however, Senator Fitzgerald provides no explanation or proof of this challenge. Review of the petitions shows 1628 of those signatures challenged due to improper circulator certification appear on pages that were in fact properly certified by the respective circulator. These signatures are identified in the attached Exhibit C.
Source: Affidavit in Support of Committee to Recall Fitzgerald
Not to be outdone, the Walker regime wants more time to review the million recall petitions that were signed:
Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign has again asked a Dane County judge for more time to review and challenge petitions to recall him from office.
If Circuit Judge Richard Niess allows the extra time, it would be the second extension granted to Walker’s campaign. State law normally allows officials targeted for recall only 10 days to review petitions. Judge Niess already granted an extra 20 days, largely because of the massive volume of signatures. The Walker campaign is now asking for another two weeks, meaning its review and any challenge would be due by March 12.
In a brief filed with the court, the Walker campaign says so far it’s only been able to review about 25-percent of the roughly one-million signatures turned in. The campaign says it’s seen an error rate on the signatures of between 10 and 20 percent. And while the campaign concedes that it would need to strike roughly 50-percent all signatures to cancel out an election, it says it still has a valid interest in filing objections and determining that a sufficient number of valid signatures are present. The campaign also notes that because the Government Accountability Board was granted a full two months to do its review, this extra extension won’t delay any election.
The Recall elections are coming and the Fitzwalkerstan Cult will do all they can to continue to attack democracy and the people of Wisconsin.
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